S1 Speaks On Kanye West's Single (Audio)

"The way it came together, I work with Rhymefest," S1 told MTV News about the song, referring to another Chicago MC. "I did like four joints on his album. And one day, out the blue, I got a text from Rhymefest that said, 'Kanye is loving your stuff, he said he's about to change your life.' Two days later, I got an e-mail that said my flight to Hawaii [where West recorded much of the album] leaves in three hours! So I was on a flight, and it just happened like that. I went down and stayed for like two weeks, banged out some joints.

"The 'Power' joint that we did, it was actually a track that I already made and gave to Rhymefest, and he just so happened to play it for Kanye in the studio and he loved it. So when I got out to Hawaii, Kanye had already recorded to it."

A month later, S1 returned to Hawaii and heard "Power" again, this time with more "polish" added by 'Ye, who co-produced the song. However, S1 picked the sample that drives the record: a snippet of British progressive rock band King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man."

S1, his beats on the strange fruit project tapes are classics each and every single one of them...

Bruno Honest

S1 deserves it. He has been hustling for a minute.

3l

Crazy ish, is that I live out here and the closest I ever came to seeing Ye was bumping into his girl around my internship. Dude must've been holed up in the Bat Cave—and I still never got my damn concert. [shrug]

that shit has to be crazy.... yo flight leaves in three hours... and your life is changed forever... ups to that dude for leaving it all behind. i know it was some bullshit going on that was trying to keep him back too. make it happen s1... ye created a monster to yo shit

riddlah51

S1 BEEN that nigga! So glad he bout to get some shine. Hope this works out well for him. The Healing = a banger.